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And that makes sense: money buys you things that make life easier and more satisfying; the easier your life, the happier you tend to be. That relationship isn't entirely linear, since there's a limit to how much wealth can please you; the happiness benefit of an increasing income...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Money Isn't Everything — But Status Is! | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Boyce and Moore found that an individual's rank, viewed this way, was a stronger predictor of happiness than absolute wealth. The higher a person ranked within his age group or neighborhood, the more status he had and the happier he was regardless of how much he made in dollars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Money Isn't Everything — But Status Is! | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

John Banville is a calculating craftsman. The Irish novelist’s 1998 “The Book of Evidence” was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and his 2005 novel “The Sea” won it. Critics have compared his dreamy, playful writing to...

Author: By Madeleine M. Schwartz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Banville Creates a Parallel Universe in ‘The Infinities’ | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

The subtitle of your book suggests that conflict is already under way. Is greater confrontation and perhaps even war inevitable in the coming years? It's not inevitable, but peace cannot be taken for granted. The scope for these two countries to develop peacefully and fulfill their national interests without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coming China-India Conflict: Is War Inevitable? | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

At the same time, India won't let itself be drowned in America's orbit. It's important for India to have its strategic independence. It has a very long and historically close relationship with Russia, which in turn is close to China. So it's a little more complicated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Coming China-India Conflict: Is War Inevitable? | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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